Til ki chikki is a crunchy snack that requires sesame seeds and jaggery as its main ingredient. It is a super delicious winter snack that is generally made during festivals like Lohri and Makar Sankranti. Til ki chikki is a crunchy chikki that can be stored and enjoyed for months. So, here is the recipe of winter special chikki.
Tips to make perfect Til Ki Chikki:
- Ensure to dry roast the sesame seeds on low flame.
- If you want brown chikki use dark-colored jaggery.
- To make the dish more nutritious you can add dry fruits to it.
Per til ki chikki contains 54 calories:
- Protein 1 g
- Carbohydrates 5.9 g
- Fiber 0.9 g
- Fat 2.9 g
- Calcium 58.6 mg
- Iron 0.6 mg
- Sodium 0.6 mg
- Potassium 26.3 mg
Prepare time: 10 min
Cook: 10 min
Ready in: 20 min
Ingredients
- Sesame – 1 cup
- 1 tsp Ghee (clarified butter)
- 1 cup jaggery
Preparation
- Firstly, Take a pan and dry roast 1 cup sesame on low flame till it starts to splutter.
- Now, take a kadhai and heat 1 tsp ghee, and then add a cup of jaggery.
- Continue stirring on medium flame till the jaggery completely melts.
- Now, boil the jaggery syrup on low flame till the syrup turns glossy and thickens.
- Check the consistency of jaggery syrup, by dropping syrup into a bowl of water, it should form a hardball.
- Next, simmer the flame and then add roasted sesame seeds.
- Stir it really well and ensure that jaggery syrup coats well.
- Quickly pour the entire mixture over butter paper or onto a steel plate greased with ghee.
- Put it together forming a block, be careful as the mixture will be very hot.
- Then use a rolling pin to roll the slightly thick block.
- Let it cool down for a minute or two, and when it’s still warm cut into pieces.
Serve til chikki once cooled down completely, or store in an airtight container and serve for a month.